Classes and Workshops
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Workshop: Audition and Performance PreparationDate: October 25, 2010November 19, 2010 7:30 p.m. – 9:30 p.m. Instructor: Claire Lesser One of the most terrifying events we ever face as singers is our first audition or live performance. Suddenly we have to stand on our own in unfamiliar surroundings and deliver with no help from teachers, friends and family. This practical workshops is designed for anyone preparing to audition or perform. It will focus on presentation and interpretation, stage presence, managing nerves, breathing and simple tips to make any audition an opportunity to shine rather than an occasion to be dreaded. Participants will be accompanied, and will have the chance to perform to a small, informal audience at the end of each class. Click here to register |
Workshop: Song CompositionDate: October 20, 2010Speaker: Wendy J. Palmer Description: "Every time I try to tell you, all the words just come out wrong. So I have to say I love you in a song" - Jim Croce We all have a song in our hearts - but how to put it down on paper? Composers are revered as genius - but the act of composing simple tunes is not as difficult as it sometimes seems. Join Wendy Palmer for a 6 weeks practical course and learn the basic chordial approach to writing tunes to words of your own choosing. Content Scanning poetry into musical rhythm; elements of melodic writing; practical chord progressions, song forms and formulae; computer notation programme. After 6 weeks you should be able to write simple tunes to words of your choosing, with accompaniment by guitar (or other chordial instrument) |
History of Art (session 2) With Shelley YoungDate: October 1, 2010morning and evenings sessions available November 8 – November 22, 2010 5 Lessons Session 2: With the emergence of Secession and Art Nouveau, art movements continued to break away from the traditions of the official academies. Avant-garde exhibitions in Vienna by Gustav Klimt and the French Fauve movement led by Henri Matisse caused great controversy, as did Expression in Northern Europe. Pablo Picasso played such an important part in the development of modern art with ' Les Demoiselles d'Avignon ' and the revolutionary art movement, Cubism. The chaos of World War 1 and the Russian Revolution ended this period with the further shattering of conventional ideas in painting and sculpture. Session 2 1. Art Nouveau and Secession 2. Fauvism and Matisse 3. Expressionism 4. Early Picasso and “Les Demoiselles d'Avignon” 5. Cubism Click here to register. |
Jan van Eyck AcademieDate: October 1, 2010The Jan van Eyck Academie is an institute for research and production where artists, designers and theoreticians work alongside each other. The JVE has positions available in the Fine Art and Design Departments for the next academic year, starting on 1 January 2011. Artists are invited to submit proposals for individual research projects; designers can apply for one of the projects formulated by the department, including Fine Art and Design. Please visit the website at http://www.janvaneyck.nl for more information on facilities, applications, and the Jan van Eyck Academie in general. |
Workshop: ExpressionismDate: October 1, 2010October 26, 7:30 p.m. – 9:30 p.m. The inky palette of film noir, the extreme dissonance of contemporary musical language and the fragmentary dialogue and layered staging of Robert Wilson’s theatrical productions are some of the most striking examples of the enduring legacy of German Expressionism - one of the key artistic movements of the early 20th century. This lecture will explore the work of some of the leading figures in music, literature, theatre and film, including Arnold Schönberg, Alban Berg, Anton Webern, Georg Trakl and Georg Heym, Adolf Appia, Max Reinhardt, Georg Kaiser, Robert Wiene, Fritz Lang , W.F. Murnau and their creative legacies. |
Arts Managment Workshop/ ورشة تدريبية في مجال الإدارة الثقافيةDate: September 21, 2010
ورشة تدريبية في مجال الإدارة الثقافية
من 1 الى 8 نوفمبر (تشرين الثاني) 2010 دمشق – سوريا تعلن مؤسسة المورد الثقافي بالتعاون مع المؤسسة الثقافية الأوربية والمجلس الثقافي البريطاني عن إقامة ورشة تدريبية في مجال الإدارة الثقافية في خلال الفترة من 1 إلى 8 نوفمبر (تشرين الثاني) 2010 في دمشق - سوريا. تقبل طلبات المشاركة من العاملين في الإدارة الثقافية، ويشمل ذلك مختلف مجالات العمل الثقافي، مثل إدارة المسارح وقاعات العرض الفني والفرق والمجموعات الفنية والمهرجانات والجولات الفنية وإنتاج الأعمال الثقافية وغيرها. آخر موعد لتلقي طلبات المشاركة هو يوم الثلاثاء 21 سبتمبر (أيلول) 2010 الشروط واستمارة التقدم Arts Managment Workshop From 1 to 8 November Damascus - Syria Cultural Resource Foundation in coordination with the European Cultural Foundation and the British Council announces the call for applications for the sixth cultural managelment training workshop planned to take place during the period from 1 to 8 November in Damascus - Syria. Applications from Arab nationals who work in any field of arts and cultural management will be accepted. Deadline for applying is 21 September 2010 Application (available only in Arabic) |
3 Day Creative Writing Course - ResidencyDate: September 20, 2010Start Time: Friday, September 24th, 2010 at 10:00 a.m. End Time: Monday, September 27th, 2010 at 11:00 a.m. Location: Sobek Lodge, Tunis, Fayoum An extended masterclass looking at various techniques and exercises to open up and improve writing skills, work with metaphor and imagery, create texts and narratives to given themes and word counts as well as free writing. There is no criteria other than a willingness to open up one's writing; the course is designed that people of varying writing experience can participate and each draw their individual benefits. LE 1000 For registration and booking contact Linda Cleary: lindawildfire@hotmail.com and join Facebook Event.
Places limited to 10 people |
Arteles Residency Program, Haukijärvi FinlandDate: September 17, 2010Arteles is calling open-minded creative participants from all disciplines such as music/sound, fine art, photography, contemporary research, film/video, multidisciplinary arts, installation, painting, new media etc. Also other fields of creativity are now open such as graphic design and fashion. The selection of artists is done by the Arteles administration along with selected network members or invited creative professionals. For more information please visit www.arteles.org/creativecenter.html or contact info@arteles.org. |
Lecture Series: The Art of FilmDate: September 15, 2010September 18 – November 27 (ten sessions) 7:30 p.m. – 9:30 p.m. The purpose of this course is to develop an appreciation of film through the study of the fundamentals and aesthetics of this medium. You will learn the ABC’s of film language, which will allow you to better, understand and analyze movies by deciphering their symbolic and inferred meanings. The course will cover all the basic elements of film including cinematography, mise en scene, montage, sound, and narrative structure. The lectures will include scenes from various film classics, which have shaped the history of cinema. This course will help you to watch movies more critically, to observe and appreciate cinematic subtleties, and develop a more profound appreciation of the art of the film. Click here to register and for more details. |
Speak, Memory SymposiumDate: September 15, 2010The Townhouse Gallery in Cairo is organizing an international symposium on archival initiatives and other strategies for the preservation and (re)activation of cultural memory. Borrowing from the title of Vladimir Nabokov’s classic autobiography*, Speak, memory is a three-day event structured around presentations, panel discussions, screenings, and artist talks exploring the rich array of methodologies that can be adopted to unearth, revisit or reactivate past artistic practices. Invited speakers include, among others, Susan Meiselas (photographer, New York), Beatrice von Bismarck (curator and writer, Leipzig and Berlin), Kristine Khouri (writer and researcher, Study Group on the History of Arab Modernities, Beirut), Adam Broomberg and Oliver Chanarin (artists, London), Vasif Kortun (curator and director, Platform Garanti, Istanbul), Clare Hsu (director, Asia Art Archive, Hong Kong), Barnaby Drabble (curator, writer and co-founder of Curating Degree Zero Archive, Zurich), Farah Wardani (director, Indonesian Visual Art Archive, Jakarta) and Negar Azimi (writer and editor, Bidoun and Arab Image Foundation, New York and Beirut). Speak, memory will take place at the Rawabet Theater by the Townhouse Gallery in Cairo on October 28-30, 2010 and will coincide with the exhibition of the Bidoun Library Project in the First Floor Gallery. To register for the symposium, please send an email to info@speakmemory.org by September 15, 2010. Program updates are available here * Speak, Memory (1951) is an autobiographical memoir of Vladimir Nabokov’s childhood in Russia at the beginning of the century and twenty years of subsequent exile. |
History of Art (session 1) with Shelley YoungDate: September 5, 2010Morning and Evening Sessions available September 20 – October 18 Session 1: Realism, the progressive movement in art and literature sought to depict the everyday social truths of the new industrial age. It continued to influence new approaches to the depiction of reality in the 20th Century. The Salon des Refusee in 1863 put European Art on an unprecedented path to new ways of seeing in the years that followed. In this course we will explore the influence of industrialization, urbanization and political change that so influenced the Symbolists, Impressionists and Post Impressionists. The art that they produced was to shape everything that followed. Content: Session 1 1. Realism and French Impressionism 2. Neo-impressionism and Symbolism 3. Post Impressionism and Vincent Van Gogh 4. Post Impressionism and Paul Gauguin 5. Post Impressionism and Paul Cezanne Click here to register. |
Dance Workshop and Discussion: Leila of Cairo and Anthropologist Najwa AdraDate: September 1, 2010Wednesday, September 1 Workshop: 6:00-8:30 pm Panel: 8:30-10:00 pm At Alwan for the Arts, NY This evening of dance and discussion provides an opportunity much needed in the bellydance scene: to both embody the feeling of Egyptian raqs sharqi through movement and music, and also to speak to the controversial issues surrounding the dance through dialogue with experts. Alwan welcomes acclaimed dancer Leila of Cairo, and esteemed scholar Najwa Adra, to kick off its 2010-2011 season of culturally contextualized, quality dance and performance. For more information and to register click here: |
Workshop: Arabic CalligraphyDate: August 30, 2010Morning and Evening Sessions Available Instructor: Saleh Al Shukairi Saleh Al Shukairi is a member of the Omani Society for Fine Arts, where he is one of the founders and active participant of the Calligraphy Club and the Youth Studio. Saleh has exhibited internationally, notably in Germany, Pakistan, South Korea, Washington DC - USA and the UAE, and the 11th Asian Art Biennale in Bangladesh he received an "Honorary Award". He has participated in all calligraphy workshops in Oman since 1993, the largest painting in the world the Muscat Festival in 2000 and in Sharjah 2009 and in the Folk Festival organized by the Smithsonian Institute in Washington DC, USA, in 2005. Saleh's work ranges from time-honored classical religious calligraphy to contemporary abstract work that utilizes this traditional art form. He enjoys experimenting with materials, colors and techniques to produce his evocative pieces. He has produced more than One Hundred Sixty artworks since 90's. Description: This course concentrates on the elements and the language of Arabic Calligraphy through the visual elements (line, volume, texture, color, shape). Moreover, this course also concentrates on the recognition of the different forms, Styles & Types of Arabic Calligraphy. In addition, they well learn the History of Arabic Calligraphy, Materials & Tools of the Calligraphers. Click here to register. |